The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-08-23
TIE SALT LAKE HERALD. TUESDAY AUGUST 49,

for sustaining the spiritual life and
bringing them into harmony. The
lLatter-day Saints recognized and &C
cepted the divine principle OF natural
religion. All admitted the existence OF
q superior being from the handlWork OF
nature. The uncultivated Indian OF
the forest heard the voice OF God in
the thunder, and he understood some
of the principles which were at the
| foundation of natural religion, and it
was not improbable that If mans
reason and observation on these
subjects had not been perverted, the
religious sentiment would now be more
Lobe than it u as IN the past. Religion
! cfaft Of mem and had been used as q
stspping stone to- power. influence and
| REIMBURSEMENT. Outside of these per-
versions and faiseheSds there was pos
Isibility, of the recognition of the true
| order for tae cultivation OF the true re-
/ ligioas lsentimen NJ. Q Revealed religion,
which was the intelligence Of the eterni-
| ties, fu 'rished the requisite order for
this development. This revelation
came from the anchor of our being, and
was adopted to mans condition, meet
ing him where he is, and leading HIM
to where he should be. Jesus Christ
was the one whom the world
sought to eexalt. His name was
above every other name. He
! by virtue of his existence and by virtue
of his positive calling was looked upon
as being without a rival IN the dissent
nation of the principles OF eternal life.
/ If he had the authority claimed for him,
or which he claimed for himself, or
which was accorded to him by his
enemies, then his teachings should super
cede every thing It must be evident to
the casual observer that even those who
protested to recognize his authority
had departed widely from his standard.
| The result of Ohrist's labors had been
an essential unity and the churches
| founded by him must have been one in
their belief, and to say that men could,
of their own violation, prevent the
order he established ,)would bea refeo-
ton on his wisdom, and imply the
convert knew more than the leader.
The unity Christ established was q
unity not susceptible of variation, and
if the Christian world had adhered to
the principles of ChristIthey would to-
day have been united. Those who had
embraced the various faiths, of the
world had departedsfrom the original
standard, a III III very existence
proved, and ;his departure was q
manifestation 0i weakness. 1t implied
lack of faith in the founder of Chris
tianity, or an overweening faith in the
reformers, placing Luther, Calvin,
Knox and others above Christ. When
men accepted man-made authority,
II was at the expense of unity
the various religions had been
s. a fr1l in
their divided condition, showed how
much more could have been done had
| they been united. Later on there were
men who realized this truth, longed for
! the restoration of the true gospel, as
Christ and his apostles taught it, and
when the gospel was revealed it found
such people waiting for it. The world
laughed at the Latter-day Saints when
they said that Joseph Smith was pro-
phet. Had it not been for the interes;
Eof humanity he would have been raised
up from the educated class, but the
Lords ways are not as mans ways.
This had been the usual course of
God. He had chosen His prophets
from the humber walks OF life.
There existed everywhere a receptive
element waiting for the gospel, and the
Saints who received it carried it to their
lneighbors and friends. Thousands had
accepted the testimony of the Elders
and chung to the old authority and
order, and it was the glory of their lives
to see it carried over the world. They
formed the nucleus of a society that
will never cease to grow. The Later
day Saints claimed to possess the gospel
in all its primitive glory, and it would
accomplish that for which it was sent
in spite of al misrepresentation and
trials. They did not believe that the
authority would grow less, but that it
would Increase until it holds universal
dominion. God was with the Saints.
He had been with the Elders when they
were abroad on missions, and gave
them success. The Saints were in
creasing in faith and good works,
and they considered it a glorious
thing to belong to an organization
which carried with it the seal and in
sigma of divine power. They were
willing to forget the world and were
satisfied with Gods order, satisfied with
the little progress they had made, and
determined to increase whatever
might assail, and the spirit of the Al
mighty would be their constant COM
panion in life, and would aid them in
performing the duties devolving upon
them, 1t could be no discredit to a
man to be connected with such a work.
In conclusion. he bore testimony to the
truth of the gospel, and exhorted the
Saints to be faithful, that they might
be permitted to meet with God in
Heaven.
The choir sang the anthem, "Song of
the Redeemed" after which the bene-
dictlon was pronounced by Elder Elias
Morris.
| Bucklen's Arnica Salve.